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Old 10-11-2005, 07:50 PM   #1
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Off to the super special tonight!!! YEOWWW. Ill try n bring back videos n pics of the new focus from my phone

Dont ya just love living in Perth

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Old 10-11-2005, 07:52 PM   #2
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*sigh* and the "Home of Motorsport" is showing more of "Australian Clone"
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Old 10-11-2005, 11:18 PM   #3
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Beat ya to it Tom :

I was at the service park from 4pm but they had the tent zipped up on the new Foci. After an hour of waiting for them to unveil the cars, I got impatient and asked one of the mechanics when they would reveal the cars? He said not until they leave for the SS stage about 8 pm.

I was about to walk off and suddenly they started 'lifting the curtain' on Gardemeister's car. I frantically fumbled around in my bag for the camera and just managed to get a couple of shots before it drove off. It looked awesome...

I'd post the pics but I can’t work out how to do it. When I select "insert image", it asks me to "enter the text to be formatted". WTF??

Anyway I’m gonna go to the Bannister stages (the one with the two big jumps and the water splash) on Saturday morning before the SS stage on Saturday evening if you and Nick are interested.
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Old 10-11-2005, 11:40 PM   #4
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Excellent, I was wondering if the N-P cars were eligible to run seeing it is an international event.

orsest170, the easiest way to post pics is to use the "manage attachments" button further down the page, there is a size limit to the pictures though of ~100kb I think, so you will probably need to re-size them. Or if you have them on the web somewhere (eg photo hosting site) you can use the "insert picture" button then, the text it wants is the url of the photo.
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Old 10-11-2005, 11:50 PM   #5
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Old 11-11-2005, 12:41 AM   #6
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Not the best photos, but it all happened so quickly and before I knew it the car was gone. I'll get some good ones on Saturday.
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Old 11-11-2005, 01:04 AM   #7
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Wow that is different, it looks like they have grafted the spoilers from the old car on. Finnish driver and codriver...
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Old 12-11-2005, 01:16 AM   #8
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Good stuff Simon! not bad for a rush job.

Anyway the new ford focus looks great even sound better then the old one, has a much deeper note.
got a pic of the net of the new 06 WRC focus.

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Old 13-11-2005, 11:56 AM   #9
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Doh, Finnish = Gardemeister... didn't notice that the first time, I thought it was some weird privateer effort becuse I hadn't heard anything about a WRC version of the new car.
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Old 13-11-2005, 12:36 PM   #10
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Here's a few more pics I took yesterday. I'm really liking the new Focus WRC car.



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Old 13-11-2005, 12:40 PM   #11
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Carlovers here we come!! Nioce pics guys! Love the new Focus, doesn't look as mean as the old model, but wait to see the tarmac version dumped on it's little chassis with some phat rims, I'd say it'll look absolutely horn.
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Old 13-11-2005, 01:10 PM   #12
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yeah..great work there on getting those pics taken and up....

love the look of the new WRC Focus and same as Matt cant wait to see a tarmac rally version.
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Old 13-11-2005, 01:21 PM   #13
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Now that looks HOT! Damn... imagine those running around the streets with huge rims. hehehhehe.

I love the 3 door! Looks great!!!! Come on Ford, bring the 3 door here!
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Old 25-11-2005, 02:31 PM   #14
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There's a feature in AUTO ACTION #1167, 23/11 that makes for interesting reading on the 2006 Focus WRC Car.

The engine is mounted BACK-TO-FRONT with the turbocharger positioned in the transmission tunnel and at the back of the car, the fuel tank is mounted in line with the axles. Under the floor is a special compartment for the spare wheel. It looks like that they have to lower a special 'hatch' and slide it out.

Also there's carbon fibre aplenty in the pit. I'd love to see the WRC Car and the ARC Car side-by-side as a comparison!
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